Ebay whinge

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

I assumed he was wanting to do this to get out of the fees.

Funny you mention this, I won a USB cable off eBay for a Motorola tablet I had won and had all intention to pay it but due to circumstances at the time it completely slipped my mind until I went to check my Ebay one day for something else and thought oh crap I haven't paid for that, so paid it and sent the reference to the seller who replied back I'll post it tomorrow.

The next day I get an email from eBay saying an unpaid item transaction has been filed against you and I thought WTF?, so opened it up and it was the seller I paid the night previous so I went off my porkchops at them saying I only just paid you and now you do this to me, blah blah blah. Didnt hear anything for a day.

I started another email saying you will send me the item otherwise you can refund my money and I won't deal with you again when the seller sends me a email saying we have actually posted your item, because they payment was made on the cut off date (which I had no idea about) I registered it as a unpaid item to avoid eBay charging me fees.

Item arrived the day after that.

[commonrails]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

I find a lot of buyers do not leave feet back, as if they DGAF. No matter how quickly you post and how good the item is.

Same deal here, I've sold over 100 items and only have 59 feedback score and I bend over backwards for these buyers. I post items I clearly list as pick up only, answer stupid questions that should have been asked before buying, retract idiots bids, the list goes on and they couldn't be bothered spending sixty seconds to leave feedback.

[zoesgift]

i buy and sell on ebay what I find amazing is how many people in the last 3 hrs of a 7 day auction request postage costs, yet they have not bid on the item with 3 hours to go....like we all sit on a computer all day long! if I list rare or desirable item I state in my description that if you are concerned about postage costs with this item you should not be asking about postage....

[comagutsa]

Originally Posted by Ducati888

I have also sold a few items where I've negotiated a price outside of the system and sold that way. It's cheap advertising if you sell that way.

and i have been stung that way never again

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by commonrails

Same deal here, I've sold over 100 items and only have 59 feedback score and I bend over backwards for these buyers. I post items I clearly list as pick up only, answer stupid questions that should have been asked before buying, retract idiots bids, the list goes on and they couldn't be bothered spending sixty seconds to leave feedback.

There are certainly some clueless people out there.
I'm selling off my AU parts (cheap) and doing ok. I have also listed some of the larger bits as pickup only. I have lost count of the number of people who have asked me "how much to post to Tasmania" for things like boot-lids and fenders.